Non-refillable bottle.



' No. 667,2I7. Patented Feb. 5, l90l.

c. A. GROSS. 1

ON-.REFILLABLE BU TTLE.

(Application mu Dec. :8. i899.)

CHARLES AUGUSTUS GROSS, OF MARRIGKVILLE, NEW SOUTH WALES.

NON-REFILLABLEv BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 667,217, dated February 5, 1901.

Application filed December 23, 1899. Serial No. 741,446. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES AUGUSTUS GROSS, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Marrickville, near Sydney, in the county of Cumberland and Colony of New South Wales, have invented a certain new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

The neck of the bottle is formed into a spherical bulb, and above the bulb the neck is continued upward to receive the cork. In the upward continuation two recesses are made for purposes to be hereinafter explained. The bottom of the upward continuation is formed with an annular projection, which forms a seat for a cylindrical appliance which is to be inserted in the continuation. The cylindrical appliance, that is seated upon the annular projection, is open at the top and partially closed at the bottom by means of a fanshaped arrangement of vanes which do not rotate. In order to prevent the cylindrical appliance being withdrawn from the continuation of the neck, spring-lugs are placed on the sides of the cylinder, which will enter the recesses formed in the continuation of the neck. Extending downward from the bottom of the cylindrical appliance and axially with the same is a guide-rod. Inserted into the neck below the spherical bulb, which is ground to receive it, is a non-oxidizable stopper which perfectly fits the neck and stops the liquid from entering or leaving. The stopper is intended to work back and forth in the same axial line with the cylindrical appliance above it. i To this end it is bored axially to receive the guide-rod, which depends from the cylindrical appliance above. The stopper is maintained in its seat by means of a non-oxidizable compression-spring of very weak power. Extending downward from the stopper is a four-way taper piece, and from this tapered piece depends a weight, which will have the effect, in combination with the spring above the stopper, of causing the stopper to return to its seat in the neck when the bottle is placed in a perpendicular position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of the neck of a bottle constructed according to this invention, the several internal appliances being in elevation.

Fig. 2 is an underneath plan of the tapered stopper. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively underneath and top plans of the cylindrical appliance which is inserted in the continuation of the neck.

a is the bottle.

b is the spherical bulb.

c is the continuation of the neck.

01 represent the recesses formed in the neck.

e is the cylindrical appliance, that is inserted in the continuation c of the neck.

f represent the lugs, which may fall into or be pressed into the recesses d.

g represent the vanes in the bottom of the cylinder e.

h is the guide-stem, which depends from the cylinder 6 andenters the stopperj, which is bored to receive it.

his the compression-spring, which is placed between the cylinder e and the stopper j.

Z is the four-way taper piece, which is a continuation downward of the stopper m is the weight, which depends from the taper piecel and is connected to it by means of the chain a.

The 'modus operandi is as follows: The bottle must first be filled with the necessary liquor. The stopper j is then inserted onto its seat. The cylinder e is then introduced, care being taken that the guide-stem h shall enter the axial bore in the stopper, the spring 76 being introduced at the same time as the cylinder e. The cylinder 6 is forced down until it rests upon the annular projection above the bulb b. The lugs f f .will either spring into the recesses d d or be punched into such recesses by a specially-constructed punch. By this means the cylinder e will be prevented from being withdrawn from the neck of the bottle. A cork may then be inserted into the top of the neck above the cylinder (2 in the usual way.

When it is desired to pour out the liquor contained in the bottle, the cork having been removed, it must be inverted and a slight shake given to it. This will have the efiect of removing the stopper j from its seat in the neck, when the liquor will gurgle past the four- Way partZ into the bulb b and through the openings between the vanes g into the glass. When the bottle is empty, no fresh liquor can be inserted, because the stopper will always remain on its seat, and no appliance can be introduced to lift the stopperj, because any such appliance would be deflected from the vertical by means of the vanes g. Ihe fourway tapered piece Z permits the liquid to run out when the stopper enters the bulb. At the same time it serves to hold the stopper fairly central of the neck and insures its proper return to position when the bottle is set upright, thereby avoiding all liability of the stopper turning or catching on the edge of its seat.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In non-refillable bottles, a neck provided with a bulb in combination with a stopper adapted to fit'into the neck of the bottle below the bulb, such stopper being provided at its lower part with a four-way taper piece, and a small cylinder adapted to be fastened into the neck of the bottle, above the bulb, the bottom of which is constructed of deflector-vanes and from which depends an axial stem or red upon which the stopper is adapted to slide, as herein specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES AUGUSTUS GROSS. Witnesses:

J AS. T. HUNTER, R. W. EWERS. 

